Battery-lamp.



H. E. McCLURE.

BATTERY LAMP.

APPuc/mou FILED PEI-315. 1915.

Patented Jan. 2, 1917.

Inventor a" I Attorneys HENRY ED MCCLURE, 0F MARION, INDIANA.

BATTERY-LAMP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 2, 1917.

Application filed February 5, 1915. Serial No. 6,356.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HENRY El) MoCLURE, acitizen of the United States, residing at Marion, in the county of Grantand State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Battery-Lamp, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in a battery lamp, oneobject of the in vention, being the provision of a lamp attachmentadapted to be connected to the terminals of one or more cells,preferably a dry cell, so that the current therefrom may be utilized toenergize a small bulb and thus provide a handy device, the attachmentbeing exceedingly small so that it may be carried from place to placeand be accommodated for use upon the various forms of dry cells now inuse, either where the central posthas a horizontal or a verticalattaching means.

A further object of the present invention, is the provision of a deviceof this character, including a member having a socket receptacle for thelamp bulb and means for en gaging the threaded terminal of the bulb,such latter means being adapted to be held resiliently into and out ofcontact with a terminal hook carried by the opposite terminal of thebattery, the socket carrying member being attached to the other terminalof the battery.

A still further object of the present invention, is the provision of asimple and inexpensive device of this character, which can be sold at anominal figure and which will provide a handy light in lieu of a candle.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within thescope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation of the upper end of a drycell with one form of the present attachment connected thereto, dottedlinesillustrating the position the parts assume when not in circuit.Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the complete attachment per se. Fig. 3 isa sectional view through the coil showing the attachment of the bulbthereto and of the resilient terminal carrying member. Fig. 4 is aperspective view of the hook connection carried by the opposite terminalof the battery. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of another form ofattachment. Fig. 6 is the same attachment used in connection with avertically disposed binding post. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of asheet metal hooked terminal attachment.

Referring to the drawings, C designates a dry cell, which is of a typewith the vertically disposed fastening A and the outer fastening B, saidfastenings constituting the terminal connections for the cell. Theattachment shown in Figs. 1 through 4, includes a resilient supportingmember or limb 1. having the terminal coil 2 for engagement with thepost A, the same when adapted to be attached to a horizontally disposedpost, being bent to aline with the member 1 thereof so as to engage thesame. As the present device is preferably made of wire, this may bereadily accomplished. The opposite end of the member 1 is bent to forma. resilient spiral coil 3, in which is adapted to be fitted by turningas in entering the ordinary socket, the socket engaging member 4 of theelectric bulb 5. The lamp bulb 5 as usual is provided with the centralterminal 6, which is adapted to engage the end 7 of theresilientterminal arm 9, said arm being seated within and carried by theinsulating block 8, which itself is journaled within the lower end ofthe coil 3. Thus the complete attachment carrying the bulb 5 may beattached to or detached from the post A of the cell.

The normal tension of the member 1 is to hold the parts in the dottedline position as shown in Fig. 1; therefore as the terminal 9 is bentdownwardly to engage the hook 12 of the member 10, which is providedwith the coil 11 to secure the same to the terminal post B, it isapparent that the proper connection will be made to energize the bulb 5.To release the device, the terminal 9 is merely moved to disengage thehook 12, at which time, the bulb will normally assume the dotted lineposition, as shown in Fig. 1.

In the form of attachment shown in Figs.

5 through 7, the main carrying parts are or bent as shown in Fig. 6 toform the terminal 15 so as to fit upon the vertical screw A. This member14 is a rigid member and is not resilient as the member 1 so that thearm or limb 16 which is preferably made of wire and soldered to thecenter terminal of the bulb 5 has the terminal 17 so constructed as tobe moved into and out of engagement with the hook portion 12 of themember 10 when the same is used in conjunction therewith, or with thehook 18 of the metal plate 19 (see Fig. 7), which a sheet metal deviceand is adapted to be attached to the terminal B.

The devices as shown in Figs. it and 7 are interchangeable, and can beused with either attachment as may be found desirable.

It will be seen that the main features of each attachment resides in thesupport for the bulb, and is adapted to be preferably attached to thecarbon terminal of the cell, while the free terminals 9 and 17 aredisposed to be placed into and out of engagement with the respectivehooked terminal portions attached to the zinc attaching means B of thecell.

It will thus be seen that when the device is in use, upon the batterythat in orderto energize the. bulb it is merely necessary to connecteither one of the terminals 9 or 17 to the hooks 12 or 18 and that thesame will the horizontal terminal B may be had at almost any supplyplace so that a party with the present attachment may readily engage orattach the same to a cell of this character and thus have a quicklighting attachment at hand at all times.

What is claimed is:

1. The combination with a battery, a limb having one end attached to oneterminal of the battery and formed with a coil at its free end, anelectric bulb engaged in said coil, :1 second limb connected to thecentral terminal of the bulb, and a portion carried by the otherterminalof the battery for the engagement of the second mentioned limb,one of the limbs being resilient and tending to normally move the secondmentioned limb away from said portion.

2. A lamp attachment for batteries, embodying a limb having means at oneend for engagement with one terminal of a battery and formed with a coilat its other end for the reception of an electric bulb, a member ofinsulating material engaged within said coil, a second limb engagedthrough said member for connection with the central ter minal of thebulb and adapted to be connected with the other terminal of the battery,one of the limbs being resilient and normally tending to move the secondmentioned limb away from the respective terminal of the battery.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

. HENRY ED MGCLURE.

Witnesses:

A. E. STEELE, WILLIAM C. MCKINNEY.

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